<html> <head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="Content-Type"> </head> <body bgcolor="#FFFFFF" text="#000000"> <font face="Arial">Well that assertion surely is, like a wooden leg, a matter of a pinion....<br> <br> I have been to conventions of both the PTG (MARC at Bethlehem PA last year) and the PTA and always gotten useful things from all the classes.<br> <br> The networking is good too,and the chance to see, hands-on, the things on offer from suppliers and to meet suppliers (like  you Jurgen!) in person.<br> <br> Cookies and cakes not to be eschewed either.<br> <br> Best regards,<br> <br> David.<br> </font> <div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 31/10/2012 15:38, <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:pianotech-request@ptg.org">pianotech-request@ptg.org</a> wrote:<br> </div> <blockquote cite="mid:mailman.3615.1351697895.4133.pianotech@ptg.org" type="cite"><br> <div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-western"> <div>Those conferences are a waste of time - totally useless. Unless of course you really value accessibility to cookies and brownies!  You're certainly NOT going to learn a darn thing about pianos at them. And I'm really quite surprised that those books would be available there......</div> </div> </blockquote> <br> </body> </html>